I was hoping to use the auto-replace to take concept words and phrases and auto-link them to topics. Like EFT Tapping would link to a topic on that. However, if I use markdown or HTML in the replacement text, it ends up being visible – not rendered. Did I miss something? Or does the replace with a link really mean that the word google would be replaced with the link: If you want search google you can can become If you want to search https://google.com you can but can’t become If you want to search google you can Am I correct? Thanks!

Hi, Have you tried using this theme component? [image] Auto-Linkify Words Theme component :exclamation:Discourse has a built-in feature called Watched Words which can replicate most of the features of this theme component. Consider using that before installing this theme component. discourse2 Summary Auto-Linkify Words allows you to automatically hyperlink certain words or patterns in your post with the desired destination URL. hammer_and_wrench Repository Link https://github.com/discourse/discourse-linkify-words open_book New to Discourse Themes? Beginner’s …

Thank you. That does work! There is a reply there which said they thought it was going to be included in Discourse Core, so I checked: /admin/customize/watched_words/action/replace If I just enter the word and then just put the URL without any markdown, it works! So that is how to get it to work without the autolink theme component. Thanks for the heads up! Rick

Auto-replace text with link to topic

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codinghorror (Jeff Atwood) January 17, 2022, 8:44pm 4

You don’t need a theme component, this is a built in feature of Discourse now.

Admin → Customize → Watched Words → Replace

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